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Do it yourself

OCT 01, 1956
The following remarks are from an afterdinner address at the Eastern Summer Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Haven, Conn., June 22, 1956

DOI: 10.1063/1.3059787

L. W. Mckeehan

A previous speaker, my friend Pollard, has emphasized our collective aspect, and the relation of the world of physics to the universe of mankind. I have chosen a much narrower subject, for I am asking each of you to think about his individual duties and privileges. To the extent that I thus ignore societies, even the American Physical Society, and institutions, even Yale University, I am a reactionary, but I am looking into the future as well as into the past when I now proceed to the subject of my speech, not announced in advance, and urge each and every one of you, as often as you can, to “Do it yourself.”

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L. W. Mckeehan. Yale University.

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Volume 9, Number 10

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